Weird weather in the Bay Area. I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've seen lightning living in San Francisco. Last night there was a bunch. It would rain, then stop, then thunder, then lightning, then rain for a couple minutes, on and on. And it would rain at the stadium when it was dry here, then the announcers would talk about how it stopped just when it was coming down here. Real rain, too, enough to soak the garden. After a summer of drips from the watering system, I'm sure the roses were loving it.
The game started after a 50 minute delay. Chris Stratton struck out LA's lead-off hitter Curtis Granderson on a sharp curve. Then they called another rain delay. It was almost 11:00 pm by the time the second batter came to the plate. The Giants replaced Stratton with Ty Blach. He threw until a bunch of singles and a walk in the 4th inning gave the doggers 4 runs, which included a pinch hitter for their starter, Kenta Maeda. That tied the game, thanks to a 2-home run in the 1st from Denard Span, a solo shot in the 2nd from Jarrett Parker, and a Joe Panik rbi single in the 3rd. Puig put the doggers ahead with a solo home run in the 5th, Span and Posey had rbi's in the bottom of the 5th to put the Giants back on top 6 - 5. LA tied the score thanks to Justin Turner in the 6th, but Hunter Pence had an rbi single to again take the lead, 7 - 6 in the bottom of the 6th and Buster Posey added a run in the 7th to make the final score 8 - 6, Giants. Phew!
Chris Stratton got 1/3 of an inning to start the game. Ty Blach got 3 1/3, gave up 4. Kyle Crick gave up 1 in 1 1/3, and Derek Law got the W in 1 inning in which he gave up 1. Steve Okert went 2/3, Cory Gearrin went 1/3, Hunter Strickland went 1 and Sam Dyson earned a save for pitching the 9th. LA used 6 pitchers after Maeda left, Pedro Baez got the loss. The fans who stayed certainly saw an entertaining game and got their money's worth. The time of the game was 3 hours and 22 minutes, about 3 hours and 20 minutes of which occurred from about 10:55 pm onward. I did not stay up to see all this. If you were in London, though, you could have had your tea and scones for breakfast and caught nearly the whole game. Cheerio!
3 comments:
Got to love a win like that one! Crazy.
Since I am retired and can nap as much as I want during the day, I was awake for all of this game. It was a lot of fun to watch. For some reason, I never doubted that we would beat LA even as the score went back and forth. I am waiting for the Dodgers to choke in the post season and waste all of the build up about being one of the best teams ever. I hate them with a passion. Blame my father for that. He was a life long Giants fan (and Dodger hater), going back to his childhood in New York.
Slept through it. With the few wins we've had to savor it's a shame to miss any. You had to figure the Dodgers couldn't play .700 ball forever, but losing 15 of 16 was not what I expected. Hey, the Nats could catch them and be the no. 1 seed with home field! I did not think that possible mere days ago. Of course, I would not have expected Cleveland to win 19 in a row. That's amazing!
I really want the Giants to win 63 games. I know it's stupid, but I have to get something out of this season, even if "avoiding 100 losses" is more of a not-thing than a some-thing.
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